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  2. The Legend of Mai An Tiêm - Wikipedia

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    The temple of Mai An Tiêm in Thanh Hóa. The desert island where Mai An Tiem was banished to is believed to be in Nga Phú commune, Nga Sơn District in Thanh Hóa, now completely inland. In this commune, there is a temple of Mai An Tiêm, where an annual festival is held to commemorate him from March 12 to March 15 in the Vietnamese calendar.

  3. Đào Duy Anh - Wikipedia

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    Đào Duy Anh (25 April 1904 – 1 April 1988) was a Vietnamese historian and lexicographer. He was born in Thanh Oai, Hà Tây , now, Hanoi . [ citation needed ] He was one of the writers associated with the Nhân Văn-Giai Phẩm affair .

  4. Tô Vĩnh Diện - Wikipedia

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    Dien was proclaimed a national hero by the Việt Minh after his death in the period leading up to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Before the battle, General Võ Nguyên Giáp , commanding the Việt Minh, needed to move large numbers of artillery through the jungle from the roads and tracks on which they had arrived into specially dug casements ...

  5. The Story of Tấm and Cám - Wikipedia

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    The story is about two half-sisters; the eldest is named Tấm (broken rice) and the youngest is named Cám (). [3]Tấm's mother dies early and her father remarries before dying soon after.

  6. Ngo Dinh Diem - Wikipedia

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    Prime Minister Diệm (centre-left) meeting with General Nguyễn Văn Hinh, Lê Văn Viễn and Nguyễn Văn Xuân in October 1954. In August 1954, Diệm also had to face the "Hinh crisis" when Hinh launched a series of public attacks on Diem, proclaiming that South Vietnam needed a “strong and popular” leader, as well as threatening to ...

  7. Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia

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    Dien Bien Phu—or DBP—has become an acronym or shorthand symbol for defeat of the West by the East, for the triumph of primitive new doctrines and techniques of peoples' war over the sophisticated principles and maxims of the heritage of Napoleon Bonaparte. Dien Bien Phu resulted in severe political consequences.

  8. Hòa Bình Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Hòa Bình Dam on the Black River (Vietnamese: Sông Đà) is the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam from 1994 to 2012 (this record was broken by Sơn La Dam), and one of the largest in Southeast Asia, with a generating capacity of 1,920 MW.

  9. Anh Do - Wikipedia

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    Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) [2] is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week , and was runner-up on Dancing with the Stars in 2007.